This two volume set of Rush Rhees's In Dialogue with the Greeks
brings together Rhees's work on the Presocratics and on Plato. The
first volume addresses the central philosophical question: In what
sense does philosophy investigate reality? In answering this
question Rhees brings the work of the Presocratics into close
relation with contemporary philosophy. The second volume takes up
the questions bequeathed by the first. If reality does not have the
unity of a thing, can it have any kind of unity at all? The
alternative seems to be that reality has the unity of a form. In
this second volume Rhees brings the perspective of a modern
Wittgensteinian philosopher to bear on the dialogues of Plato
concluding that language is not a collection of isolated games,
rather we speak in the course of lives that we lead and what we say
has its meaning from the place it occupies in the course of a life.
D.Z. Phillips' editorial commentary is particularly helpful in
assisting the reader with their bearings as they approach the text
and elucidating the developments in Rhees's thinking.
General
Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Ashgate Wittgensteinian Studies |
Release date: |
October 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Rush Rhees
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Editors: |
D.Z. Phillips
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Volumes: |
2 |
Pages: |
442 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7546-5371-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-7546-5371-4 |
Barcode: |
9780754653714 |
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